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To ALL WHOM 1T MAY coNcEnN:

Be it known that I, JAMES ELLIOTT, ofthe city,'county, and State of NewYork, have invented a new ,and

improved Stump-Extractor; and I do hereby declare that the following isa. full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable othersskilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had tothe'accompanying drawings, Vand to the letters of reference markedthereon.

This invention relates to a new and improved device for extractingstumps, more especially small or medium-sized stumps, such as those ofthe scrub-oak, Etc.

The objectvof the invention is to obtain a. device for the purposespecified, `which may be operated with the greatest facility, and admitof stumps being extracted v ery expeditiously. In the accompanping sheetof drawings- Figure 1 is a side View of my invention.

Figure 2, a plan or.top view of the same.

Similar letters -of reference indicate like parts. Y

A represents the frame of the machine, constructed in any proper manner`to support the working parts. B is a windlass placed on the frame A,having a hand-wheel, C, at one end of it-7 and a lever, D, {ittedloosely on the shaft of its drum, saidlever having a pawl, a, attachedto engage with a ratchet, b, on 'the drum-shaft, the windlass or drumbeing turned through the medium of the lever D, in vorder to extract astump, and turned throughthe medium of the hand-wheel C, in winding upor letting out the chain on the drum. E is the chain attached to Vthewindlass-drum, and also attached to a strut-, F, placed :1t/any suitabledistance from the windlass. This strut also has a chain, G, attached toit, which is connected to a fork, H, provided with a handle, c, ofconsiderable length. This fork II is'thrust underneath the stump to beextracted, as shown in red in fig. l, and the windlass B is turned byone or morepersons, while the handle of the fork Huis raised hy Thestrut, it will be seen, operates as a lever in drawanother person, andthe stump thereby extracted.

the loosening and raising of ing up or extracting the stump, and theoperating of the fork H greatly assists the stump. i

'I do not claim broadly a windless for the raising or extractingofstumps, but

I do claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- I 1. Thecombination of the fork H with its hantlle e, with the chain G, T-shnpedstrut F, and windlass B, es herein described, for the purpose specified.

2. The stump-extractor constructed as dcscrilied, consisting of thelever D, \vindlassB,hand-whee1 C, chains E G, stmt E, and fork H,constructed and atranged as described-whereby the fork H Yis depressedand the Windlass operated to extract the stump, as herein*` shown anddescribed.

JAMES ELLIOTT.

Witnesses:

WM. F. MCNAMARA, ALELAF. ROBERTS.

